Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, infection control is on everyone’s mind. This serious threat to humanity underscores the importance of the ANSI-accredited, Pre-construction Risk Assessment/Infection Control Risk Assessment (PCRA/ICRA) Certificate Program as an essential training and credential for all healthcare construction personnel. To provide further information about the PCRA/ICRA Certificate Program, two USGBC Chapters are hosting free …

Your Dashboard: If you register through the Green Advantage website for a GA credential, if you currently hold a GA credential or if you are a former GA credential holder, you now have a dashboard! Your password-protected dashboard includes the following user-friendly features: Profile Info: If you are a current credential holder, your public profile …

Each year over two million American patients acquire a healthcare-associated infection (HAI). These HAIs delay recovery, significantly increase the cost of healthcare and in tens of thousands of cases, result in death. Construction workers can help reduce the incidence of HAIs as well as other problems that affect patient care during construction such as noise, …

Green Advantage and Green Path Technical Institute, a training organization, have partnered to help meet the demand for qualified healthcare facility construction workers with a two-day PCRA Certificate Program approved by highly qualified Subject Matter Experts.Green Advantage has achieved accreditation under ANSI/ASTM E2659-09 for its Pre-construction Risk Assessment (PCRA) Certificate Program. This American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accreditation is recognized nationally and internationally. The accreditation ensures that this state-of-the-art credential for healthcare construction workers meets rigorous quality standards for both the PCRA Certificate Program and Green Advantage as a credentialing organization.

It is no surprise that construction, renovation, repair and maintenance activities at healthcare facilities can potentially affect patients, staff, construction workers, and the general public. Air quality, infection control, utility requirements, noise, vibration and other hazards are all cause for concern.

But you might not be aware of the impact of these hazards. For example, healthcare associated infections (HAIs) can be contracted from stays in virtually any type of healthcare facility – hospitals, emergency care centers, surgical centers, and nursing homes. More than 200 Americans die each day from HAIs during their hospital stay. This is about twice the number of Americans…

The recent storms that ravaged islands in the Caribbean and a number of southern states and the wildfires that devastated large areas of California will require many thousands of construction workers to labor years in the recovery effort. These catastrophic events underscore the high priority that is needed to ensure construction personnel are equipped to …

For more than a year, the 21 members of the International Green Builder Certification Board have diligently labored to update the international standards upon which both the Green Advantage Certified Practitioner (GACP) and the Green Advantage Certified Associate (GACA) exams are based. All GACP and GACA exams now require familiarity with their respective, updated Study Guide.
The updated Study Guides contain valuable approaches, methods, and best practices that will help prepare construction personnel to bring greater value to any commercial or residential construction project – green or conventional.
As in the past, the competencies presented in the Study Guides are applicable across trades, results-oriented and compatible with multiple green building rating systems, standards and code. Some of the areas emphasized in the updates are:
Health and Safety issues that are particular to green building…

GSA Recognition of GACP Certification. The General Services Administration (GSA) is searching for a project or projects to use in a pilot to determine the effectiveness of the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 accredited Green Advantage Certified Practitioner (GACP) on GSA projects. In order to launch this initiative, the notification to bidders has to be properly timed. Although …

Green Advantage Certifications Approved for GI Bill® Reimbursement Eligible Veterans can open new doors to employment in the construction industry by becoming certified as a Green Advantage Certified Practitioner (GACP) or Green Advantage Certified Associate (GACA). Reimbursement for both of these certification exams has been approved by the Veterans Administration — Maryland State Approving Agency …

Three Examinations Required: GACP or GACA + Curtainwall Specific Written Exam + Curtainwall Specific Performance Exam. “Grounded in green” with the GACP or GACA Certification requirement, the Curtainwall Installer Certification for the US and Canada under development by Green Advantage requires passage of a written and performance exam specifically designed to test knowledge, skills and …